To everyone who is using text mapping. I am feeling like a real idiot. I
have looked on the site, and understand the process BUT I do not get exactly
what you are doing with it. Is it as simple as doing a kind of SQ3R with
text features? Coding the text with reading strategies?
Joy you talk
Gina,
My students are in the middle of using textmapping to create a script, so
they have an authentic reason to use it. That might be a factor in their
motivation.
First they meet as a group and read the text. Then they create their scrolls.
Next they agree on what color to associate wi
With primary groups, I used it with dialogue study. I used guided reading
materials with readers just getting on to reading , say levels E-F, and
asked children to use different colors to highlight the conversation (a
color for each character). With other kiddos at the same level, we did just
wha
Dave Middlebrook
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From: "gina nunley" <[EMAIL P
As a follow up to David's email... when he talked about scrolls being a
conversation starter, I would also like to add that another conversation that
scrolls provide much faster than books is the conversation the student has
using
his inner voice. Scrolls help to explicitly teach a kids how
